The author develops an innovative five-P-global diversity management formula (based on physics, physiology, psychology, philosophy and metaphysics), culturally empowering expert and layman alike. Science and philosophy across time and space unanimously point to such a capability which evolution has intended from the beginning and which can now be liberated in order to viabilize peaceful change towards a global civilization.
This formula is practical and effective because it goes beyond the manifestations of culture to its very roots in consciousness. Thus the cultural is naturally integrated in a superordinate command and control level of human consciousness. The intercultural is thereby redeemed by the transcultural, which constitutes a third millennium universal cultura franca for all members of the human family irrespective of culture and background. An amazing gift of grace, bestowed on man, indeed!
The headings “Milestones, Horizons, Language and Compass” represent the roadmap and the travellers’-managers’ toolkit from the present-day intercultural to an emergent transculturally integrated world. The intercultural part of the journey is contributed by the universally known intercultural scholars, while my contribution shows how the diversity of scholarly contributions can be integrated by what I call the emergent transcultural paradigm. Hoping that I have duly referenced the myriads of contributors and intercultural scholars I would like to express them my thanks, for due to their work I can show, how the integration of the heterogeneous intercultural research can be achieved epistemologically and psychologically alike.
Table of Contents
1. Transnational Management
2. A logic of integration of Intercultural Milestones By An Emergent Transcultural Horizon
3. Global Negotiations
4. Overcoming the Intercultural Faultline Gap Through Evolutionary Interculturalism
5. Decoding Cryptic Icons Culturally
6. Culture and Ethics. Absolute versus Contingency Approach
7. The Dawn of an Intercultural Metascience. 360° Transcultural Synergy
8. 3 Intercultural Research Management Cases
8.1 Anglo-German Business Communication
8.2 Chinefarge: Managing an East-West Joint-Venture
8.3 Managing a Global Business Team
9. Finding the Space Age Intercultural Formula. Managing the Human Matrix in the Intercultural Interfacing Process
10. Identity and Relationship as the Basis of Culture and Civilisation
11. The Identity War: Diversity, Reciprocity and the Ethics of Peaceful Coexistence
12. The Cosmic Dimension
13. Child of the Universe. Oneness
14. A Glance at German Lands
15. Cultural Healing of Germany
16. Identity, Culture and Freedom
17. The Relationship between Culture Area and Geopolitical Space
18. The Subquantic - Supercosmic Continuum
19. Orient and Occident. East-West Synergy
20. The Ultimate Game. Quantum Culture
21. Cosmics
22. The Conquest & Ownership of and Leadership from the Innermost Center
23. The Topography of a Universal Eco-Culture
24. The Metamorphosis of the Islamist Labyrinth
25. Metropolism, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmism
26. Global Culture Systems Analysis: Sustainability and Accountability
27. The Ultimate Panacea for Culture Clash. Managing the Clash of Civilizations
28. A Changing Optic. UT UNUM SINT
29. Transcultural Intelligence – TCQ
30. Third Millennium: Managing Fundamentalism, Liberalism and Reason
31. Divine Cybernetics
32. Cultural Engineering. Beyond Relativism
33. The Creative Culture Circle
34. Black Forest Cherry Cake
35. Cosmic Man
36. Transcultural Policy
37. Cultural Fundamentalism
38. Third Millennium Axiology
39. The Completion Of The Intercultural Edifice
40. Design Of A Scientifically-Based International Diversity-Integrative Transcultural Profiler
40.1 The State Of The Intercultural Art And Science: On human relativity in intercultural research
40.2 On Enhancing The Intercultural Art And Science: Sources, models and the achievement of supreme cultural intelligence
41. Intercultural And Transcultural Management Instruments
42. Comprehensive Inter-/Transcultural Management Terminology
Research Objectives and Topics
This work aims to develop an innovative "five-P-global" diversity management formula—integrating physics, physiology, psychology, philosophy, and metaphysics—to empower experts and laypeople alike. The primary research goal is to move beyond the superficial manifestations of culture to its roots in human consciousness, thereby providing a roadmap and toolkit for managing the transition from an intercultural to an emergent, transculturally integrated global civilization.
- The integration of diverse cultural paradigms through a higher, transcultural consciousness.
- The "noetic" approach to managing diverse value preferences.
- The role of individual identity and consciousness as the basis for sociocultural processes.
- A scientific and multidimensional model for transcultural profiling and management.
- Overcoming culture clashes and conflict through an integrative, evolutionary intercultural framework.
Excerpt from the Book
Overcoming the intercultural fault line gap through evolutionary interculturalism. Understanding the structures and functions of human communication in action
Preliminary remark: This paper has been written a few years before the preceding and the following chapters. The emphasis is on the quest for a method that would enable the individual to manage the mind as such.
In order to upgrade intercultural performance in the key sectors of diplomacy, global business and transcultural management, the intercultural edifice needs a ‘relocation, a re-entry, a reintegration’ into its natural place. This fragment needs to be reintegrated into the whole again in order to access more powerful structural resources and in order to display more performing functions. In other words, the intercultural edifice has to be put on a wider, more solid footing that can accommodate a higher functional level, so far inactivated, in order to bring the laws of structural integration and functional subordination and control into fuller play, thus rendering the intercultural and relational issues in the major domains more manageable in the most natural way. The sensitization to and awareness of this higher functional level, which we call – beyond the psychosomatic – noetic, is the key to its activation. East and West, Antiquity and state-of-the-art high-tech experimentation confirm the presence of this level of awareness and consciousness, which waits to be activated and put to use, representing a powerful tool for personal evolution, insight and self-management as well as a diagnostic and practical tool for the management of human affairs, cultural and intercultural, national as well as international. Structures, functions and applications are clearly specified: A blueprint for a new international communication science and culture and an epistemological quantum leap.
Summary of Chapters
Transnational Management: This chapter analyzes how global corporations respond to changing market environments, comparing ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric management mindsets.
A logic of integration of Intercultural Milestones By An Emergent Transcultural Horizon: The author introduces a historical synopsis of intercultural research and proposes a "Transcultural Profiler" to map the psychological infrastructure of transnational managers.
Global Negotiations: An analysis of cross-border negotiation strategies, highlighting the importance of understanding worldviews and the potential of the "noetic approach" to enhance negotiation outcomes.
Overcoming the intercultural fault line gap through evolutionary interculturalism: This chapter argues for an evolutionary approach to interculturalism, emphasizing the need for individuals to manage their own minds and achieve a higher level of conscious evolution.
Keywords
Transcultural Management, Interculturalism, Noetic Intelligence, Consciousness, Global Leadership, Diversity Management, Cultural Conditioning, Paradigm Shift, Psychosomatics, Transcultural Profiler, Identity, Human Consciousness, Conflict Resolution, Evolutionary Interculturalism, Metascience
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the core focus of this work?
The work focuses on providing a holistic, transcultural management formula that integrates principles from various sciences and philosophy to better understand and manage human diversity in a global context.
What are the central themes of the book?
The central themes include the evolution of human consciousness, the role of "mental software" in culture, the integration of diverse perspectives, and the development of transcultural intelligence.
What is the primary objective of the research?
The objective is to move beyond conventional intercultural management, which often deals with static cultural stereotypes, toward an integrative, "noetic" approach that manages culture from a higher level of awareness.
Which scientific methods are utilized?
The author employs a transdisciplinary approach, drawing on physics, neurophysiology, psychology, philosophy, and metaphysics to build a comprehensive framework for cultural analysis.
What is covered in the main body of the text?
The text covers historical and theoretical milestones in intercultural research, case studies of global business teams, the relationship between identity and culture, and the necessity of healing cultural wounds in national and international contexts.
Which keywords characterize the book?
Key terms include Transcultural Management, Noetic Intelligence, Consciousness, Global Leadership, and Evolutionary Interculturalism.
How does the author define "Noetics"?
The author defines noetics as the highest functional and structural level of the individual, serving as an integrative command-and-control center that can effectively manage human consciousness and cultural conditioning.
What is the significance of the "Transcultural Profiler"?
The Transcultural Profiler acts as a holistic diagnostic instrument that maps the psychological infrastructure of a manager, allowing for more effective integration of diverse cultural, ethical, and evolutionary dimensions.
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- D.E.A./UNIV. PARIS I Gebhard Deissler (Autor:in), 2012, Intercultural Milestones Towards Transcultural Horizons, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/194948
